Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-20
THE RAIN.
Good Crops Assured to the Peo-
ple Of California.

FRESNO, january lS.-i1 cohmeheeu
raining here at 6 o'clock this morning
The prospects favor heavy storm.
NApA, January l9.-Nearly an incl
of rain fell here last night. 1t will b.
of great benefit to crops.
CLovERDALE, January l9.-Oae ant
one.half inches of rain fell in the las
twenty hours.
WRIGHT, January ia heavy rair
fell here last night.
ANTIOCH, January 10. Thirty.ont
hundredths of an inch of rain fell last
night. Present indications are for clear
weather.
MERGED, January -Thirteen-hun.
dredths of an inch CT rain fell here last
night.
SPANIsHTowN, January l9.--It com.
menced raining here last night ut IL
o'clock. 1t has continued to rain hard
ever since.
SAN Francisco, January ia heavy
shower of rain fell here last night, and
it has been raining ON and off ever since.
Up TO p. NJ. .76 of an inch of rain has
fallen.
REDp1NG, January l9-Heavy rain
last night. 1t is clear to day.
MARTINEZ, January l9.-Rain com.
menced falling here last evening and
continued most of the night. Eighty.one
hundredth of an inch fell.
REDWOOD CITY, January l9.-Yester.
day it was windy and cloudy with light
showers falling at intervals during the
day. At IL o'clock last night rain be.
gan to fall, and it is still raining.
VIsALIA, January l9.--It has been
raining heavily and continuously since
7 O'Clock About half an inch has
fallen. The farmers and all Others are
jubilant.
SANTA Rosa, January l9.-There were
light showers yesterday. succeeded last
night by wind and heavy downpour of
rain for five or six hours. Rain guage
shows Al inches having fallen; show
cry to-day. Indications, clearing.
RUTHERFORD, January l9.-Rainfall
for twenty -four hours, one and forty.
three hundredths inches.
TULARE, January l9.--It commenced
raining at s o'clock this morning and
showered all day. Half an inch has
fallen. The prospects are good for more.
1t came in the nick of time, as blowing
had nearly stopped, but will now be re-
sumed.
PETALUMA, January l0.-It rained
most all last night, accompanied by
hard wind. Nlnety-fve hundredths of
an inch fell. To-day was clear, though
the prospects are good for more rain to.
night.
LODI, January ia good rain fell
here last night and showery to-day. The
wind is in the south, indicating more
rain tonight.
SoLEDAD. January l9.-It commenced
raining at 3 A. NJ, and at 9 o'clock thir.
ty.four hundredths of an inch had fall
en-. The prospects are good for more.
DAGGETT, January l9.-There have
been heavy showers along the San Ber-
nardino range of mountains. The pros.
pect is good for a heavy rain.
GONZALES, January l9-It commenced
raining here about 3 o'clock this morn.
ing and rained until $50. Total rain
fall thirty eight hundredths OF an inch
1t has been cloudy and threatening all
day, with occasional sprinkles. Expect
more tonight.
GILRoY, January l9.-Nearly an
inch of rain fell last night and there
are fair prospects for more.
SAN LUIS OBIsPo, CAL, January 49,
After months of dry weather heavy
rain set in last nigh1 and still continues.
Over an inch has fallen, and the pros
poets are good for an extended rain.
BAKERSFIELD, Gel, January ia
heavy rain is falling here to-day. =,
SAN BERNARDINo, January l9.-Rain
commenced falling here this evening at
o'clock and the indications are good
for steady nights rain.
HoLLIsTER, January l9.-It com.
menced raining here this morning and
sixty. .hundredths of an inch of water
fell. Weather threatening during the
day, but clear this evening. The pros.
pect is much more favorable for crops.
HUENEME, January l9-It commenced
raining here at 10 o'clock this morning.
There Is every indication of continuance.
FORT HARFoRD, January l9.-It com.
meuced raining here at $3.50 this morn.
ing and continued until III O'Clock. The
appearances indicate more rain, and
farmers are jubilant.
DELANo, January l9.-Rain began
falling here at noon, warm showers. The
prospects for heavy rain are good.
LATHRoP, January l9.-Rain has been
falling for the past twelve hours, and
the weather is now clear and cold.
SAN FRANCISCO, January l9.-Little
over three-quarters of an inch of rain
has fallen during the past twenty.four
hours. Plentiful rains have also fallen
in Northern California, and an average
of nearly six inches have already fallen
throughout that section of the State,
and although it is not enough to insure
crops no alarm is felt as it would be more
surprising if no more fell than that
more should come. For Middle Cali
fornia the average up to tonight is five
and three quarter inches; for the South
ern section, three inches. Reports to
nine o'clock tonight announce rain fall
ing along the Southern Coast, and also
in the great wheat-producing section of
the San Joaquin Valley. The grain
prospects are therefore considerably i'm
proved during the last twenty.four hours.
Rain again began here at midnight.
opd promisas IN nntipue oil nioht